• Business Overview
• Outline of the event
• Implementation Report
• Inquiries

Business Overview

As an organizational effort for faculty members to improve and enhance their teaching content and methods, the University Consortium Kyoto has been promoting FD activities in the Kyoto area together with member universities since 1995, shortly after its establishment.
The University Education Power-up Seminar was established in 2014 as a workshop-style study session that deals with a wide range of themes that are useful for the educational (educational support) activities of individual university faculty and staff.

Outline of the event

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Part 1: Thinking about Imadoki students ~ What is the reality of student learning: Thinking from the connection with high school education

Date:	Monday, November 17, 2014 18:00~20:00
Lecturer:	Hiroshi Kakumoto (Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University)
Application deadline:	Friday, November 14, 2014
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Part 2: Thinking about Imadoki students ~ Students and Internet literacy: The reality of smartphone and SNS use ~

Monday

Date:	, December 15, 2014 18:00~20:00
Lecturer:	Masayuki Murakami (Associate Professor, Center for Multimedia Education and Research, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies)
Application deadline:	Friday, December 12, 2014
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Implementation Report

Report on the 2nd University Education Power-up Seminar

On Monday, December 15, the University Consortium Kyoto held the 2nd University Education Power-Up Seminar “Thinking about Imadoki Students ~Students and Internet Literacy: The Reality of Smartphone and SNS Use~”.

On the day of the event, 17 participants from member and non-member universities were invited to participate in group work after a presentation by Professor Masayuki Murakami (Associate Professor, Multimedia Education and Research Center, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies).

The topic began with an introduction that today’s students are “digital natives” and explained their characteristics. In addition, he listed the characteristics of mobile phones (smartphones) and SNS (LINE, Facebook, twitter), how students use them, and the problems they face, and then explained the “flaming” (a flood of comments such as accusations and slander, which is more than the site administrator expected), the background, and the introduction of case studies.

In the group work, the participants were divided into four groups to discuss the theme of “Wonders about today’s students’ use of the Internet.”

Many of the responses from each group were that “there is a tendency to do everything by e-mail or LINE” and “face-to-face manners may be declining due to the increase in Internet use.” Regarding this, there was an opinion that “since I have been exposed to IT since I was a child, I may be using it as a communication tool without any bad intentions, and I feel that it is necessary to explain how to use it according to TPO.”

Finally, according to the results of the questionnaire at this seminar, 86% of the respondents said that they were “very satisfied” or “satisfied,” making it a study session that was well received by the participants.
In addition, participants commented, “I realized that we need to change our teaching methods with the changing times,” and “It is not a topic that can be answered immediately, so I feel that it is very meaningful to hear the thoughts and efforts of teachers from other schools and people from different professions.”

Report on the 1st University Education Power-up Seminar

On Monday, November 17, the University Consortium Kyoto held its first University Education Power-up Seminar, “Thinking about Imadoki Students ~ The Reality of Student Learning: Thinking from the Connection with High School Education.”

On the day of the event, 21 participants from member and non-member universities were invited to talk about topics from Professor Hiroshi Kakumoto (lecturer, Faculty of Science and Engineering) of Ritsumeikan University, and then divided into four tables for group work.

In the presentation of the topic, background and issues were presented on how changes in the perception of ability due to changes in society are affecting the course of study in high schools. In addition, as a reflection on the actual situation in schools as seen from the transition survey, high school students have the three points of growth (independent learning ability, rich interpersonal relationships and activity, and awareness of the future).

In the group work, a discussion was held on the theme of “Today’s university or university students are different here than when I was a student!”
Each group expressed opinions such as, “I feel that I am losing my attitude to take on challenges, but this may be due to the fact that there is a lot of information in today’s world and there is a strong tendency to prefer stereotyped correct answers,” and “There is an increase in mismatches in terms of enrollment and career paths, but there may be a tendency for parents to influence their parents and not to convey their intentions very well.”

Finally, according to the results of the questionnaire at this seminar, 78% of the respondents said that they were “very satisfied” or “satisfied,” indicating that the training was generally conducted as expected by the participants.
In addition, participants commented, “I felt that I had to keep in mind the actual situation up to high school students while teaching university students,” and “There are many topics that need to be learned about themes that approach the actual situation of students (such as the reality of developmental disabilities and their responses), so I would like them to continue to be dealt with.”

Inquiries

University Consortium Kyoto FD Project
TEL 075-353-9163　FAX 075-353-9101
〒600-8216 Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Nishitoin-dori, Shiokoji, Shimo-ku, Kyoto, Campus Plaza Kyoto
* Reception hours: Tuesday ~ Saturday 9:00 ~ 17:00 (excluding year-end and New Year holidays)